The Alliance-AFT teachers association has been denied emergency temporary relief by an appeals court to rescind the appointment of four teachers on Dallas ISD’s home-rule commission.

The 15-member commission is charged with creating a home-rule charter that could determine how DISD operates and is governed. A majority of voters would have to approve the charter in an election with at least a 25 percent turnout.

Alliance-AFT contends in the lawsuit against DISD that four teachers on the commission were illegally selected. Some professional staff members on DISD’s advisory committee, who selected the teachers, were appointed instead of being elected as required. Alliance-AFT sought the emergency relief until the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas can hear the case.

The appeal was filed in late June after a district judge ruled against Alliance AFT. Judge Carl Ginsberg of the 193rd District Court agreed with the group that some professionals on the advisory committee “were illegally there” but that the plaintiffs could not demonstrate how the teacher selections harmed their members. He noted that witnesses for Alliance-AFT had no qualms with the four teachers.

The appeals court denied the emergency temporary relief on Monday. The court has set dates in August when briefs are due by both parties and cautioned that no time extensions will be granted.

The group Support Our Public Schools initiated the home-rule process in DISD. Group members obtained enough signatures to require trustees to appoint the commission. The DISD effort is the first use of the 1995 home-rule law in Texas.